Partial recovery of node mappings between correlated graphs is possible under specific conditions.
problem Recovering a one-to-one mapping between nodes of two correlated graphs with a fraction of correct matches.
method Analyzing the graph isomorphism problem as a noisy version, considering Erdős-Rényi graphs, and providing conditions for partial recovery.
result Necessary and sufficient conditions for partial recovery of node mappings in correlated graphs are given.
Optimizes ranking of top-k players from partial comparison data.
problem Identifying the top-k players from incomplete pairwise comparisons.
method Maximum Likelihood Estimator (MLE) and Spectral Method.
result MLE achieves optimal partial and exact recovery, while Spectral Method is sub-optimal.
The paper tackles partial inference in structured prediction using a convex optimization approach.
problem Maximizing a score function with unary and pairwise potentials in graph label spaces.
method Generative model approach with two-stage convex optimization for label recovery.
result Conditions for recovering a majority of labels with provable guarantees.
Improved algorithm for partial recovery of tree-structured graphs with noisy data.
problem Learning Ising tree models with noisy observations.
method Symmetrized Geometric Averaging (SGA) algorithm with improved sample complexity.
result Significantly better sample complexity for partial tree recovery.
New method recovers matrix column space with active sampling for better results.
problem Recovering column space of partially observed matrices with limited data.
method Alternating minimization with active sampling strategy.
result Active sampling improves convergence to true column space with higher probability.
Researchers prove it's impossible to partially recover graph alignments in certain conditions.
problem Recovering vertex correspondence between two random graphs with correlated edges.
method Used the probabilistic method to build automorphisms between tree components of a subcritical Erdös-Rényi graph.
result Proved an impossibility result for partial recovery in the sparse regime with constant average degree and correlation.
This paper sets thresholds for recovering vertex correspondences in partially correlated graphs.
problem Recovering hidden vertex correspondences in partially correlated graphs.
method Proposed partially correlated Erdős-Rényi graphs model; information-theoretic thresholds; correlated functional digraphs.
result Optimal rates for partial and exact recovery of vertex correspondences.
Paper offers robust recovery for 1-bit sensing with partial Gaussian circulant matrices.
problem Accurately recovering vectors from 1-bit measurements using structured matrices.
method Correlation-based optimization with randomly signed partial Gaussian circulant matrices and generative models.
result Recovery guarantees match those for i.i.d. Gaussian matrices but with faster computation.
New model captures state-dependent variability in partially observed systems.
problem Structured stochasticity not captured by constant-variance models.
method State-coupled stochastic volatility framework with particle expectation-maximization.
result Model consistently reduces recovery bias under partial observation.
HSNLD solves robust Hankel recovery efficiently and robustly.
problem Robust Hankel recovery of sparse outliers and missing entries.
method Hankel Structured Newton-Like Descent (HSNLD) algorithm.
result HSNLD achieves linear convergence independent of the condition number.
BalLOT uses optimal transport for balanced k-means clustering.
problem Balanced k-means clustering of data. method BalLOT is an optimal transport approach to alternating minimization.
result BalLOT provides theoretical guarantees for exact and partial recoveries of planted clusters.
The stochastic block model (SBM) is a random graph model with different group of vertices connecting differently. It is widely employed as a canonical model to study clustering and community detection, and provides a fertile ground to study the information-theoretic and computational tradeoffs that arise in combinatori…
In the context of sparse recovery, it is known that most of existing regularizers such as ℓ1 suffer from some bias incurred by some leading entries (in magnitude) of the associated vector. To neutralize this bias, we propose a class of models with partial regularizers for recovering a sparse solution of a linear …
Paper models graph edge dependencies using latent variables for community detection.
problem Graphs' edge dependencies not fully explained by community membership.
method Introduces auxiliary latent variables to model edge dependencies and analyzes conditions for exact recovery.
result Exact recovery possible by semidefinite programming down to maximum likelihood threshold.
Paper analyzes adaptive Lasso for high-dimensional diffusion processes, improving support recovery and bias.
problem Support recovery for high-dimensional diffusion processes under sparsity constraints.
method Adaptive Lasso estimator for d-dimensional ergodic diffusion process, focusing on linear models.
result Adaptive Lasso achieves support recovery and asymptotic normality for drift parameter under certain conditions.
Study reveals limits of PLS in multi-modal learning with correlated signals.
problem Understanding PLS performance in multi-modal learning with correlated signals.
method Random matrix theory analysis of spiked cross-covariance models.
result Identifies SNR and correlation regimes where PLS fails to recover any signal.
Nonnegative low-rank matrix recovery can have spurious local minima.
problem Nonnegative low-rank matrix recovery problems can have spurious local minima.
method Investigated projected gradient methods for nonnegative low-rank recovery problems.
result Benign nonconvexity holds in the fully-observed case with RIP constant δ=0 but fails in the partially-observed case and higher-rank ground truths.
HCL learns shared and modality-specific latent representations for multimodal data.
problem Binary shared-private decomposition inadequately represents shared information across subsets of modalities.
method Hierarchical Contrastive Learning framework combining latent-variable formulation, structural sparsity, and contrastive objective.
result HCL accurately recovers hierarchical structure and improves predictive performance on multimodal data.
Active seriation recovers item order from noisy pairwise similarity measurements.
problem Recovering an unknown item ordering from noisy pairwise similarity measurements.
method Proposes an active seriation algorithm that provably recovers the latent ordering with high probability.
result Establishes optimal performance guarantees for successful recovery under a uniform separation condition.
This work uses diffusion models for accurate signal recovery from semi-parametric models.
problem Recovering signals from semi-parametric single index models with discontinuous link functions.
method Proposes an efficient reconstruction method using diffusion models that requires one round of sampling and inversion.
result Demonstrates more accurate reconstructions with fewer evaluations compared to competing methods.
New method recovers matrices with nonlinear structures using optimization on Grassmann manifold.
problem Recovering high-rank matrices with nonlinear structures like subspaces or clusters.
method Formulated as rank minimization of a nonlinear feature map, approximated by constrained non-convex optimization on the Grassmann manifold, using Riemannian and alternating minimization schemes.
result Global convergence and worst-case complexity bounds for alternating minimization scheme, leading to unique limit point.
New insights into variable selection with different model assumptions.
problem Sparse recovery with ℓ∞ error guarantees in variable selection. method Separation between oblivious and adaptive models of ℓ∞ sparse recovery. result Proves a surprising contrast between oblivious and adaptive models in ℓ∞ sparse recovery. Study community detection in multi-view data with various types of information.
problem Community detection in multi-view data with different types of information.
method Unified theoretical framework, mutual information analysis, sharp thresholds, iterative algorithms.
result Sharp thresholds for community recovery in various multi-view settings.
In this paper we modify the model of Itkin, Shcherbakov and Veygman, (2019) (ISV2019), proposed for pricing Quanto Credit Default Swaps (CDS) and risky bonds, in several ways. First, it is known since the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy that the recovery rate could significantly vary right before or at default, therefore, i…
In this paper, we investigate the recovery of a sparse weight vector (parameters vector) from a set of noisy linear combinations. However, only partial information about the matrix representing the linear combinations is available. Assuming a low-rank structure for the matrix, one natural solution would be to first app…
Independent Component Analysis (ICA) is a popular model for blind signal separation. The ICA model assumes that a number of independent source signals are linearly mixed to form the observed signals. We propose a new algorithm, PEGI (for pseudo-Euclidean Gradient Iteration), for provable model recovery for ICA with Gau…
Differentiable relaxation for inferring partial orders from noisy linear data.
problem Inference of partial orders from linear data with noisy observations.
method Introducing a differentiable relaxation to model noisy linear extensions, replacing discontinuous precedence and feasibility with smooth surrogates.
result Smooth posterior that preserves partial-order semantics, supports gradient-based inference, and converges to hard likelihood.
We study the community detection and recovery problem in partially-labeled stochastic block models (SBM). We develop a fast linearized message-passing algorithm to reconstruct labels for SBM (with n nodes, k blocks, p,q intra and inter block connectivity) when δ proportion of node labels are revealed. The signa…
This study optimizes multi-modal learning thresholds and algorithms in high dimensions.
problem Optimizing multi-modal learning performance in high-dimensional data.
method Analytical quantification and derivation of AMP algorithm with state evolution analysis.
result Bayes-optimal performance and recovery thresholds derived for multi-modal data.
Investor expectations shifted pessimistically during the 2020 stock market crash and recovery.
problem Analyzing changes in investor expectations during the 2020 stock market crash and recovery.
method Surveying Vanguard clients at three points: before, during, and after the crash.
result Investor pessimism increased following the crash, with significant disagreement about future outcomes.
Paper studies vertex correspondence recovery in correlated graphs with node features.
problem Recovering hidden vertex correspondence between two correlated graphs with observed edge weights and node features.
method Introduced featured correlated Gaussian Wigner model and proposed QPAlign algorithm for quadratic programming relaxation.
result Characterized optimal information-theoretic thresholds for exact and partial recovery of latent mapping.
Convex optimization method recovers low-rank matrices from rank-one projections efficiently.
problem Recovering low-rank matrices from limited rank-one projections.
method Unlifted convex optimization with subgradient method.
result The estimator succeeds with high probability if the number of measurements exceeds r2(d1+d2) up to logarithmic factors. Study methods to recover unknown processes in PDEs from data.
problem Identifying unknown processes in time-dependent PDEs using observational data.
method Theoretical analysis and numerical approaches including Galerkin and collocation algorithms.
result The Galerkin algorithm is more suitable for practical situations with noisy data.
The study proves necessary conditions for robust decision-making in uncertain environments.
problem Conditions for robust decision-making in uncertain environments.
method Quantitative selection theorems and binary betting decisions.
result World models, belief-like memory, and persistent variables are necessary for strong task performance.
The support recovery problem consists of determining a sparse subset of a set of variables that is relevant in generating a set of observations, and arises in a diverse range of settings such as compressive sensing, and subset selection in regression, and group testing. In this paper, we take a unified approach to supp…
We assume data independently sampled from a mixture distribution on the unit ball of the D-dimensional Euclidean space with K+1 components: the first component is a uniform distribution on that ball representing outliers and the other K components are uniform distributions along K d-dimensional linear subspaces restric…
We assume i.i.d. data sampled from a mixture distribution with K components along fixed d-dimensional linear subspaces and an additional outlier component. For p>0, we study the simultaneous recovery of the K fixed subspaces by minimizing the l_p-averaged distances of the sampled data points from any K subspaces. Under…
APGD algorithm reconstructs point set from partial distance measurements.
problem Reconstructing point set configuration from partial Euclidean distance measurements.
method Asymmetric Projected Gradient Descent (APGD) for EDMC problem.
result Global convergence and exact recovery with O(μ2r3κ2nlogn) observations. New theorems show agents need specific internal structures to perform well under uncertainty.
problem How do agents need to be structured to perform well under uncertainty?
method Proved selection theorems showing strong task performance forces specific internal structures.
result Strong task performance forces world models, belief-like memory, and persistent regime-tracking variables.
Study supports recovery of PDEs from noisy data using a specific regularization method.
problem Support recovery of PDEs from a single noisy trajectory.
method Applying ℓ1-regularized Pseudo-Least Squares model to a given data set.
result Support of ℓ1-c coefficients asymptotically converges to the true signed-support of the PDE.
The non-negative solution to an underdetermined linear system can be uniquely recovered sometimes, even without imposing any additional sparsity constraints. In this paper, we derive conditions under which a unique non-negative solution for such a system can exist, based on the theory of polytopes. Furthermore, we deve…
Algebras of smooth functions help reconstruct bulk topological types.
problem Reconstructing the smooth topological type of a compact manifold from its boundary.
method Introducing subalgebras of boundary functions and proving their tensor product reconstruction of the bulk algebra.
result The topological algebras A(v) and B(f) allow for the recovery of the smooth topological type of the bulk X. Develops a new method for learning ODEs from sparse data.
problem Learning systems of ODEs from scarce, partial, and noisy data.
method Combines sparse recovery and RKHS techniques.
result Significant gains in accuracy, sample efficiency, and robustness to noise.
Paper uses SDP for community detection with side information.
problem Community detection in graphs with additional non-graph data.
method Formulates SDP relaxation for maximum likelihood node labeling with side information.
result SDP achieves same exact recovery threshold as maximum likelihood with side information.
The Lasso performs well in ultra-sparse linear models with finite support size.
problem Performance analysis of Lasso in ultra-sparse linear models.
method Novel application of replica method from statistical physics, rigorous analysis of average case performance.
result Average performance of Lasso assessed without scaling assumptions, offering sample complexity bounds.
Paper proposes CLAIR for efficient LLM fine-tuning across clients.
problem Fine-tuning large language models (LLMs) efficiently and collaboratively.
method Federated LoRA fine-tuning with Collaborative Low-rank Alignment and Identifiable Recovery (CLAIR).
result CLAIR achieves better performance and contamination detection compared to local fine-tuning.
A matrix network is a family of matrices, with relatedness modeled by a weighted graph. We consider the task of completing a partially observed matrix network. We assume a novel sampling scheme where a fraction of matrices might be completely unobserved. How can we recover the entire matrix network from incomplete obse…
Many practical problems involve the recovery of a binary matrix from partial information, which makes the binary matrix completion (BMC) technique received increasing attention in machine learning. In particular, we consider a special case of BMC problem, in which only a subset of positive elements can be observed. In …